Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-04-27
LOCAL NEWS.

LUCHL NEWS.
Read Cunningham's money ad. 81
Alfalfa seed at Noble Il Nixon's. 4S
ii. +. Mobiles new house is assuming
shape.
For cheap residence lots see Henry
Morgan. 81
Button-hole scissors, at the postofIice
bookstore. 47-2
Banker Jobes, Of Attica, was here an
hour Monday.
A carload Of eating potatoes at Cur
RE * Schmidt's. 40
There has been considerable frost the
past few nights.
A full line of paints and oils, at South
worth's drug store. AZ
Brick by the thousands or small lots
may be had in this city.
Sewing machine repairs, needles and
oil at the Z. D. Book store. AZ
Seed potatoes, early variety, at Stan.
diford, Youmans s. Eldred's. Al
s. l.. Jessup is now head salesman,
at Byerley, Dark X Runyan's.
Allgood farmers are too busy to come
To town this fine planting weather.
A lumber yard is to be put in at Sun
City, by L. $. Proctor, the Union says.
Smoked meats, bologna sausage, and
every variety of fresh meats, at +. L.
Mobiles. AZ
Remember that May 9Th, another
loan will be let by the building as
ISOLATION.
Spring styles Of stationery and latest
f'"c'ties in ladies' purses at the Post
( ice Book store. a.
Attorney 4. j. Jones is the father of
girl baby, born to his wife, in ILL
nois, two weeks ago.
Henry burst will put in 80 acres of
cotton this season, aud Judge Hardy
will have that much planted.
VIM. Schmidt was congratulated this
week on the arrival Of boy at his
house on the 22d, with DIR. Burney i'm
attendance.
Bonds for the Border road were voted
in two townships in Harper county last
week. and the proposition was defeated
In one township.
All persons indebted TO John s. Flem-
ing are notified that he has placed his
accounts In the hands of W. III. Nc
Cague, for collection. AZ
Elder Mcfarland requests us TO re-
turn thanks Of himself and family for
the delightful serenade which they en-
joyed Saturday night.
Kingman supports an agricultural
implement mandatory, and why
not Medicine LodgeY
The latest kink here is for fishing ard
hunting parties to go out supplied with
bread and salt, and cook their game
and eat IL in the country.
Miss Alice Walker, of Lexington, Mo-,
and Miss May Steenrod, of Wichita,
are here for few weeks, visiting their
friends, the Misses Drysdale.
The report comes from Coldwater
that Boardman Smith is making sue
cess in the banking business, even be.
yond the expectations of his friends.
Our political motto is. Local on.
ton, high license and hanging" Our To-
cal motto Is: IF you have a lot and
don't want tn improve 1t, sell il to somt
one who will"
Try the new store, at Robinson's old
stand, R0bt. Gibson in charge. Their
prints sell for cents oiled calico fol
9 cents, bleached muslin for cents anC
everything else IN proportion. AZ
Three young ladies were baptized in
Spring creek, Sunday afternoon, anC
received into the Christian church OF
Sunday night. Hundreds of person.
were present at the baptizing.
II the prices Of Medicine Lodge towr
lots are not too high, why is it that XII
owa isselling, and has been, for months
ten lots to our Onep Read the real es
tate transfers OF next week, last week
the week before, or in fact any week.
The actual cost Of the last grand fur,
TO Barber county, was SS96.3O. II am
one can point to any good accomplished
for the county by reason of this luxu
~, we would be glad to publish Tn,
fact. But now, under the new law, W,
must have a grand jury at least once il
each year. The last grand jury wa
not necessity, but a luxury. 1t wa
not needed.
From March 1, 1886, to March 1, 1887
there were proved up in Barber county
ne tracts OF land under the pre-emptioI
law, and that lands all taxable for thi
year. Some OF the tracts were but ID
acres; others 80 acres, and some a
small as 40 acres; but an average trac
Is $50 acres, and even this would Civ,
l0,6s0 acres Of land, taxable this year
that was not on the books last year
We Ave an idea that the number o
claims proved up from March, 1887, Il
March, 1883, viii exceed that numbe
By 20 per cent. Since the modified rul
InQ1 hara1ono into eject.